Brandon Holt and Zachary Svajda will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Newport Challenger for the 8^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zachary Svajda who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zachary Svajda is the pick to win this match.
Zachary Svajda -> 1.85
Brandon Holt -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Zachary Svajda

This will be the 8^th time that Brandon Holt and Zachary Svajda play each other. The head to head is 5-2

for Svajda (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they squared off, Holt won 6-7(7) 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger back in January 2025.

Brandon Holt

Ranked no. 99 (career-high), Holt reached the 2^nd round after beating Murphy Cassone 7-6(3) 7-6(1).

In the 1^st round, Holt had a good straight sets win against Cassone (7-6³ 7-6¹). During the match, Holt scored 96 points vs Cassone’s 82. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Holt made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Brandon Holt lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 67% of his first serves in, winning 68% (41/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Cassone 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Holt has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (214-135). 7-5 on grass in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Holt has a compiled 8-7 record in the last years on grass.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he beat Vit Kopriva in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he defeated Shintaro Mochizuki in the final 6-3 6-3.

Holt has a compiled 39-19 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Newport Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Zachary Svajda

Ranked no. 229, Zachary reached the 2^nd round after beating Quinn Vandecasteele 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Svajda had a good straight sets win against Vandecasteele (6-2 6-3). During the match Svajda scored 64 points vs Vandecasteele’s 42. Zachary was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Svajda scored 5 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Zachary Svajda was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 92% (24/26) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zachary broke Vandecasteele 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Zachary’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Ilkley Challenger.

Zachary has a compiled 17-17 win-loss record in 2025, 10-3 on grass (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Holt	Svajda
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	26	17
Pts	96-82	64-42
Total Points	178	106
Winners	41	24
%Winners	43%	38%

Both Holt and Svajda played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Holt and Svajda have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Holt played 9 games more than Svajda. The American scored 41 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 24 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Holt	Svajda
Aces	5	5
Avg per match	5	5
1st in	60/90	26/40
%1st in	67%	65%
1st pts	41/60	24/26
%1st pts	68%	92%
2nd pts	12/30	9/14
%2nd pts	40%	64%

Holt made 5 aces . Svajda made 5 aces . Holt won 68% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Svajda won 92% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Holt	Svajda
Won	5	4
Converted	5/12	4/9
% Converted	42%	44%
Conceded	10	1
Saved	5	1
% Saved	50%	100%
Times Broken	5	0

Brandon broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Zachary broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Zachary was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Holt
	R1 Cassone	Total
Score	7-63 7-61
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	26	26
pts	96-82	96-82
Total points	178	178
Winners	41	41
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	60/90	60/90
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	41/60	41/60
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	12/30	12/30
% 2nd pts	40%	40%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	5/10	5
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	5	5

Svajda
	R1 Vandecasteele	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	64-42	64-42
Total points	106	106
Winners	24	24
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	26/40	26/40
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	24/26	24/26
% 1st pts	92%	92%
2nd pts	9/14	9/14
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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